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NFL Week 6 · Matchup Intelligence

TEN at IND

Sunday, October 18 at 1:00 PM EDT

Projected score

TEN 19 · IND 26

Win probability

IND 72.1%

TEN 27.9%

Tie 0.0%

Injury impact

No current-week report-status adjustments are available yet.

Weather Prediction

No outdoor NWS forecast is available yet. Forecasts are added when the game enters the NWS forecast horizon; indoor games do not require an outdoor forecast.

Team strength snapshot

IND · Elo 1438

Offense EPA/play 0.051 · Defense EPA/play 0.088

Offense success 48.4% · Defense success 50.9%

TEN · Elo 1309

Offense EPA/play -0.086 · Defense EPA/play 0.075

Offense success 44.4% · Defense success 47.0%

Matchup Advantage Matrix

Pregame V3.4 matchup signals. Positive values lean toward IND; negative values lean toward TEN.

Opponent-adjusted EPA

IND · 0.192

Pressure matchup

TEN · -0.010

Explosive-play matchup

TEN · -0.000

Third-down matchup

IND · 0.010

Red-zone matchup

IND · 0.184

QB intelligence

IND · 0.037

Injury availability

Even · 0.000

Quarterback comparison

IND · D.Jones

185 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.130 · CPOE -2.4

TEN · C.Ward

166 season pass attempts · EPA/dropback -0.183 · CPOE 1.6

Prediction range

TEN: median 19, 10th–90th percentile 7–32

IND: median 26, 10th–90th percentile 13–38

Recent form

IND 22 · PIT 34

HOU 26 · TEN 3

TEN 18 · BAL 24

IND 30 · WAS 13

TEN 7 · NYG 12

HOU 17 · IND 19

IND 30 · KC 33

PHI 24 · TEN 20

BAL 41 · IND 23

NYJ 23 · TEN 10

Model context

BN NFL V4 preserves the chronologically validated V3.4 win-probability model — opponent-adjusted EPA and success rate, pressure, explosive plays, third downs, red zone, QB intelligence, Elo and player-aware injury availability — and adds a probability-consistent score layer so the projected score and favored team no longer contradict the win probability. Prediction ranges use chronological out-of-sample empirical score residuals. Weather remains part of Matchup Intelligence but is not used in the current prediction calculation. New prediction snapshots are timestamped rather than overwriting earlier forecasts.

Generated Oct 16, 2026, 6:46 PM EDT